Early in the 16th century beggars in Sevilla (Seville) began to pick up discarded cigar butts, shred them, and roll them in scraps of paper (Spanish papeletes) for smoking, thus improvising the first cigarettes. These poor man’s smokes were known as cigarrillos (Spanish: “little cigars”). Late in the 18th century they acquired respectability and their use spread to Italy and Portugal; they were carried by Portuguese traders to the Levant and Russia. French and British troops in the Pumps Heels 37 Shoes On Pull Closed Women's WeiPoot Black Toe High PU Solid 7Hxz0qwF became familiar with them; the French named them cigarettes. Forty years later another generation of French and British troops, fighting in the Crimean War, made the acquaintance of Turkish cigarettes. At the same time, cigarettes were becoming popular in the United States. British taste later switched to cigarettes filled with unmixed Virginia tobacco, but the U.S. market developed a preference for a blend including some Turkish tobacco.

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In the 1950s and ’60s research produced medical evidence that linked cigarette smoking with health hazards, especially with lung cancer, emphysema, and heart disease. In some countries, notably the United Kingdom and the United States, measures were taken to discourage the use of cigarettes. In the 1980s and ’90s, despite growing awareness of the health risks involved, smoking continued to increase, with greater consumption in less-developed countries offsetting the effects of antismoking sentiment elsewhere.

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